Format:
Online-Ressource (viii, 240 p)
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22 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
1403946264
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9781403946263
Series Statement:
Palgrave studies in the Enlightenment, romanticism and cultures of print
Content:
British Abolitionism and the Rhetoric of Sensibility argues that participants in the late eighteenth-century slavery debate developed a distinct sentimental rhetoric, using the language of the heart to powerful effect in the most important political and humanitarian battle of the time. Examining both familiar and unfamiliar texts, including poetry, novels, journalism, and political writing, Carey shows that salve-owners and abolitionists alike made strategic use of the rhetoric of sensibility in the hope of influencing a reading public thoroughly immersed in the 'cult of feeling'
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-230) and index
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The Rhetoric of Sensibility; 2 Arguing in Prose: Abolitionist Letters and Novels; 3 Arguing in Verse: Abolitionist Poetry; 4 'Read This, and Blush': The Pamphlet War of the 1780s; 5 Feeling Out Loud: Sentimental Rhetoric in Parliament, the Pulpit, and the Court of Law; 6 Conclusion: Romanticism, Revolution, and William Wilberforce's Unregarded Tears; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe British Abolitionism and the Rhetoric of Sensibility : Writing, Sentiment and Slavery, 1760-1807
Language:
English
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